nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; overdone; over par; overexposure
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
as (for); for; in the capacity of
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...